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Dracula: The Series (2-DVD Pack)

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This is Dracula the Series - the fun series that aired in the early 90's - It stars Geordie Johnson as Dracula, and Bernard Behrens as Van Helsing, Geraint Wyn Davies has a recurring role as Klaus (this is pre-Forever Knight.) The dvds are pretty high quality for being a 1990 television series. The two-disc set includes all 21 episodes of the series. Fun for the whole family.

I've been a fan of this series for years, but never expected to see it released on video. Its witty dialog and campy presentation makes it quite a change from the serious, horrific treatment Dracula usually gets. Blond Canadian actor Geordie Johnson does an excellent job presenting our favorite bloodsucker as a modern business man. Bernard Behrens plays his enemy, Gustave Helsing, who is aided by three children (played by Mia Kirshner, Jacob Tierney and Joe Roncetti) in the quest to destroy Dracula. Forever Knight's Geraint Wyn Davies appears in several episodes and Dracula's student and sometimes rival. Serious Dracula/vampire fans will probably want to pass on it, but those willing to accept a broader view, it's a very enjoyable series!

Short-lived though it was when it first debuted, Dracula the Series *did* get a full run of 21 episodes (more than most fledgling series these days). Starring a wonderful core cast, including Geordie Johnson as a sleek and dangerous (not to mention gorgeous!) Dracula, this series is a great bit of fun for kids and adults. The cheesiness is there on purpose, when it shows up in a number of eps, but the dialogue throughout is always fun and clever. I LOVED this series when it first came out, and I was about 15, and I still love it now at 30!

I used to love this show, it came on before the Dark Shadows Revival Series. I really wish they had continued it or revisted it at a later time.

Geordie Johnson makes this series as Alexander Lucard, AKA Dracula. He has a vast stage presence and seems to really get into playing Dracula. Not to mention he is quite easy on the eyes.

Geraint Wyn Davies is another hilight. He plays Klaus and is spectacular. When he and Johnson are on the screen together it's amazing. He also has this Welsh accent that comes out once in awhile, and it's adorable.

The series is cheesy, but in a cute way. It's polka and schnitzel (Hot and steamy!) all the time. Sometimes things don't make much sense, but the series is so much fun you just wont care.

And I always got the idea the little war between Helsing and Alex was a love/hate thing, which adds an interesting dynamic to the series.

I was dissapointed with the ending, however. But it doesn't ruin the series, not at all.

The Decline of the Romanian Vampire is my fave episode.

As for the DVD itself...There are no special features, you can't skip or fast forward unless you want to go to the next peisode. The transfer is good, but overall, the DVD could have a little more on it.

WORTH the money though...God yes.

Does anyone remember that cheesy song that the older boy on the show wrote? So stupid! :) But I remember watching every saturday afternoon to see if they were going to show an episode. It was cheesy and fun. And Geordie Johnson was so incredibly goreous. I was watching "The Changeling" (which has Bernard Behrens in it for a few seconds) and I started thinking about this show. I had to explain to my husband why I loved it so much. He thinks I'm crazy...but those of us who loved it understand. Alexander is a babe!

It's always better when the actors appear to enjoy their roles. Think how different Freddy Krueger would have been if Robert Englund wasn't having a blast playing him.

My take on it is that this Dracula has discovered that pure evil is boring. He still wants to rule the world, but why rush it when you have eternity? He acts more like he wants to eventually become a benevolent dictator and have as much fun as possible doing it. One of the games he plays is to exaggerate himself in front of Helsing and the kids. His behavior towards Helsing makes me think of Q toward Picard in ST:TNG. Lucard could have them all killed with a phone call if he really wanted to (the Magyar cross only protects against vampires, not hitmen).

Lucard has no aversion to modern technology, so of course his castle has hidden cameras and a state-of-the art security system. He'd have to because someone like him has more enemies than just other vampires and a goofy old man. Yet the kids never have any trouble getting in and Lucard's servants never seem to be around to stop them. How could that be unless Lucard doesn't mind the kids visiting? Helsing is just comic relief to Lucard.

While outwardly menacing, though always in a campy way, Lucard is actually pretty protective of the children. When you combine the best security system money can buy with a vampire's hearing, it's a safe bet that Lucard is well aware of everything that happens in his home. In one episode he sends them on a wild goose chase to get them out of harm's way while he deals with the unstable Klaus.

For all of Lucard's wealth, power and servants, he's lonely. He tolerates Helsing because he's not a real threat, it's fun to mess with him and the kids like him. Lucard likes the kids and the mother and is trying to befriend them. He can't do it directly because they wouldn't believe it so he keeps luring them over so that they can see that he has his own sense of honor and fair play and draw their own conclusions. Transforming the mother was a not-too-subtle way of introducing to the kids the idea of them being a family.

Like Edward Herrman in The Lost Boys, he wants a family. Unlike Herrman's character, he wants to become a father figure to the children before he transforms them. Lucard wants it all: power, wealth, and a family to share it with.

I ran a tape that my young brother had taped shows on, one of those was Dracula the series. I forgot how funny and fun this show was, so i when to amazon and there it was. i bought a copy for myself and got it today , as many of the reviewers have stated it has a decent transfer i can say that is true. but i would call it very good crystal clear with minor pixels here and there, but all and all a very good transfer for the price you pay, you get alot. the show has really held up every kid and adult with imangination can enjoy this campy fun show. If you enjoyed the nick shows of the 90's you'll like this series. it's suitable of all ages except very young kids 7 and under the fights and bites,plus seeing the glowing eyes and fangs might give them nightmares. Just thought i should warn you some kids freak out at that stuff. but if you have a young older child that interested in monsters this is a safe bet for them. this also great for halloween watching this season.

Highly Recommended Series To Take A Bite Out Of.

Remember when Vampires were powerful, blood-thirsty and handsome? Well the 90's brought us Dracula the Series and it's everything you love about vampires and more. It's loaded with fun, laughter, pun's and oh yeah, vampires thirsty for blood. The series growing up was so addictive it was like running home from school to watch your favorite cartoon in the favored 3-5pm time slot. The quality was great, the sound was awesome (especially the beloved theme music complete with synth, drum, and echo sound) and I'm so glad I bought the series. At an ubelievable price, you can't resist.

Blonde and sexy vampires, are the BEST!!!
and Geordie Johnson, certainly fitted the bill
in this BBC Television Series. That guy could
have put his shoes under my bed, anytime! I
mean come on, who wouldn't want to be in the
company of a suave, and debonair vampire, with
gobs of money? Bernard Behrens, Jacob Tierney,
Mia Kirshner, and Joe Roncetti, did a pretty
good job, as vampire hunters, though in one
episode, they actually accepted a dinner
invitation, at the castle of Alexander Lucard,
the same vampire, they were trying to eliminate
in the other 20 episodes. I like how they used
the name Lucard, which spells Dracul backwards.
The scenery, and color in all 21 episodes, is
beautiful, the acting pretty good, and the
humor, that was added to the script, is quite
refreshing. I really think more shows like
Dracula, should be made for television. If you
love blonde rich vampires, that are a real turn
on, then Dracula, is the show for you!!

I was soooo obsessed with this show when it was first on television in the very early 90s and entirely crushed when it was pulled so quickly! I was relieved that I had been recording the episodes all along so at least I had those few to watch once it was gone.

Having only my battered, fifteen-year-old VHS tape of these shows to watch, I was so thrilled a few years ago when I saw this come out on DVD. (It is so obscure, I didn't think it would.) Once they arrived, I realized that I was missing several episodes that I hadn't managed to catch on VHS before the show was canceled, and so was doubly thrilled to have the DVDs.

It's campy with (at times) questionable acting (although not entirely surprising, given the material they had to work with), but actually had promise in the direction it was going, had a sense of humor, and I'm convinced that it if had been allowed to mature, it really would have been quite fantastic.